Financial Risk:
Very High
Score:
27/100
Asset Disposals
Q24
25/100
How effective are controls over the disposal of assets, and is information on these disposals, and the proceeds of their sale, transparent?
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There is no formalized procedure for disposing of state-controlled stockpiles of arms in Côte d’Ivoire, although the country has signed and ratified the ECOWAS…
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The decommissioning and destruction of state-controlled stockpiles is nominally the task of the Commission Nationale de Lutte contre la Prolifération et la Circulation Illicite…
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There is no evidence that the disposal of arms and ammunition by ComNat-ALPC includes the disclosure of financial results. There is no evidence that…
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Q25
0/100
Is independent and transparent scrutiny of asset disposals conducted by defence establishments, and are the reports of such scrutiny publicly available?
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The procedure for disposing of arms and ammunition is subject to the controls of ComNat-ALPC, a coordinating body of the Ministry of the Interior.…
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Given the tension and rivalry within the government of President Ouattara, it is inevitable that some of the more problematic asset disposal activities of…
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There is no evidence that the coordinating body, ComNat-ALPC, makes its audit reports on the disposal of arms and ammunition publicly available. However, Ivorian…
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Secret Budgets
Q26
0/100
What percentage of defence and security expenditure in the budget year is dedicated to spending on secret items relating to national security and the intelligence services?
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The precise percentage of defence and security expenditure allocated each year to secret items related to national security or the intelligence services is not…
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Q27
0/100
Is the legislature (or the appropriate legislative committee or members of the legislature) given full information for the budget year on the spending of all secret items relating to national security and military intelligence?
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According to the 2016 Constitution, the Assemblée Nationale (NA) has several mechanisms to oversee government policy, including amendment rights over expenditure in the annual…
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Q28
0/100
Are audit reports of the annual accounts of the security sector (the military and intelligence services) subject to parliamentary debate?
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Q29
25/100
In law, are off-budget military expenditures permitted, and if so, are they exceptional occurrences that are well-controlled? In practice, are there any off-budget military expenditures? If so, does evidence suggest this involves illicit economic activity?
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Defence-related expenditure is listed in the annual draft budget (Projet de Loi de Finances). It includes off-budget expenditure (dépenses hors budget), expressed in a…
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There are categories of off-budget expenditure listed in the final approved version of Budget Law 2018 (Law No. 2017-870), published in the Official Journal…
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Defence-related expenditures are listed in the annual draft budget (Projet de Loi de Finances). The draft budget includes off-budget expenditure (dépenses hors budget), expressed…
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Q30
25/100
Are mechanisms for accessing information from the defence sector effective?
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Law No. 2013-867 of December 23, 2013, (Relatif à l’accès à l’information d’intérêt public) regulates public access to information by private citizens, journalists, researchers,…
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This indicator is not assigned a score in the GDI. Law No. 2013-867 of December 23, 2013 (Relatif à l’accès à l’information d’intérêt public)…
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There is a lack of public access to information specifically related to the defence sector due to its “non-communicable” nature, as per Law No.…
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Q31
38/100
Do national defence and security institutions have beneficial ownership of commercial businesses? If so, how transparent are details of the operations and finances of such businesses?
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As an institution, neither the MoD or the defence forces own significant commercial ventures. According to an interview with a former Licorne senior official,…
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There is no evidence that the MoD structures are involved or that they have beneficial ownership (propriété effective) in the trafficking rings operated by…
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Military-owned Businesses
Q32
100/100
Are military-owned businesses subject to transparent independent scrutiny at a recognised international standard?
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Q33
13/100
Is there evidence of unauthorised private enterprise by military or other defence ministry employees? If so, what is the government’s reaction to such enterprise?
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No explicit legal provision ban MoD officials from operating an unauthorized commercial business. There is ample and longstanding evidence of illicit trafficking in commodities…
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There is no evidence of unauthorized private enterprises openly operated by the MoD officials. However, there is ample and longstanding evidence of illicit trafficking…
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Actual Military Spending
Q77
67/100
Is comprehensive data on actual spending on defence published during the budget year?
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The secretary of state in charge for the budget and the state portfolio (Secretariat d’État Auprés du Premier Ministre Chargé du Budget et du…
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The vast majority of actual spending is disclosed. For instance, the 2018 Budget (Loi de Finances Portant Budget de l’État Pour l’Année 2018) is…
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Details of actual spending are published within twelve months of the end of the financial year (1).
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For 2016, no difference was reported between the budget and the actual spending (1). Therefore this indicator has been marked Not Applicable.
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